Description
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is seeking a Program Officer for Instructional Design for Switchboard, a project that provides training and capacity-building services to service providers in the United States.
The Program Officer for Instructional Design will report to the Senior Program Officer for Instructional Design and will be responsible for delivering high-quality instructional design across Switchboard's capacity-building initiatives, including online training, self-paced courses, communities of practice, and learning resources.
Major Responsibilities:
- Deliver high-quality instructional design across trainings and learning resources developed by Switchboard's internal and external subject matter experts;
- Serve as Switchboard's webinar and meeting producer;
- Research and recommend innovative training and instructional design practices that Switchboard should incorporate;
- Ensure that practitioner knowledge informs Switchboard's trainings and learning resources;
- Lead implementation of strategy for updating and/or maintaining previously developed Switchboard learning resources;
- Champion a culture of learning and continuous improvement in Switchboard's approach to instructional design;
- Contribute to needs assessment process to ensure instructional design best practices are incorporated into Switchboard's annual workplan;
- Analyze feedback and evaluation data from Switchboard's TTA participants with a focus on instructional design improvements;
- Provide input into Switchboard reports, including monthly activity updates and semi-annual Performance Progress Reports.
Job Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in instructional design, education, or other relevant field (or equivalent experience);
- Minimum four years of experience developing and implementing training, technical assistance, capacity-building, or education programs;
- Experience developing and producing innovative virtual multimedia trainings, such as webinars, online courses, self-paced e-learning;
- Experience contributing to project M&E (data collection, management, and reporting);
- Familiarity with and commitment to data-driven, evidence-based programming;
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, with evidence of ability to build capacity of staff at multiple levels;
- Ability to effectively manage complex projects with strict timelines.
Preferred Experience & Skills:
- Graduate degree in relevant field (or equivalent experience);
- Familiarity with relevant Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)-funded programs;
- Experience engaging with external subject matter experts and/or consultants.
Working Environment:
- This position is a remote working environment. Required domestic travel up to 20%.
Compensation:
- $80,000 - $85,000 annually.